Ballyhoo (1985) · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
- Released
- 1985-12-15
- User rating
- 0.00 / 5
- Platforms
- PC, Classic Macintosh, Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST
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Game details · IGDB
Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1985. It was released for ten different 8 and 16-bit platforms, including MS-DOS, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It is Infocom's nineteenth game. With a circus-themed plot, the game's tagline was "Big-time suspense under the Big Top!" The player's character is bedazzled by the spectacle of the circus and the mystery of the performer's life. After attending a show of Tomas Munrab's "The Travelling Circus That Time Forgot", the player loiters near the tents instead of rushing through the exit.…
- Released
- 1986
- Genres
- Adventure
- Platforms
- Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, TRS-80, Amstrad CPC, Texas Instruments TI-99
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Infocom
- Publisher
- Infocom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- interactive fiction
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Infocom
- Developer
- Infocom
- Platform
- Classic Mac OS
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- Z-machine
- Distribution format
- floppy disk
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- publication date
- 1985-12-15
- input device
- computer keyboard
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